Is Windows Phone's consumer focus killing it?: A former Microsoft and Windows Phone veteran has offered up his explanation of why the Windows Phone platform is struggling in the market. Where Android gives immense power to mobile operators and hardware OEMs, Windows Phone is much more restrictive. This provides a good user experience, but makes the platform unappealing to the companies who sell the hardware. Microsoft's challenge is to win over the carriers and manufacturers without ruining things for end users.

Conservatives lining up in opposition to SOPA: This week saw growing signs of opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act on the American right, as the editor of the popular conservative blog RedState and a scholar at the influential Heritage Foundation both came out against the bill.